- Pleuroderes
- Pleuroderes Pleu*rod"e*res, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? the side + ? the neck.] (Zo["o]l.) A group of fresh-water turtles in which the neck can not be retracted, but is bent to one side, for protection. The {matamata} is an example. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.